Donation

Support the ORCHESTRE SYMPHONIQUE KIMBANGUISTEall types of contribution welcome!

Armand Diangienda and the OSK are building a music school in Kinshasa. The school will create an environment for experienced members of the Kinshasa Orchestra to host classes. 120.000 $US will be needed to realize this project. From acquiring the grounds to building the school.

We need your help to achieve this goal!

All donations will directly fund the building of the school, please see details below:

Through the DAKO e.V, you can also support music workshops in Kinshasa which are organised by German musicians. A second workshop is underway and will be taking place soon. The aim is to enable German musicians to travel to Kinshasa once or twice a year. For a donation for the workshops please see details below:

Since the premier of „Kinshasa Symphony“, many people from all over the world have donated music notebooks, instruments and other valuable items to the orchestra. If you would like to help in this way, please contact us under the following address:

02.09.2010"Kinshasa Symphony" is nominated for the Erasmus EuroMedia Awards 2010.

17.08.2010The 6th Jecheon International Music & Film Festival presents the Grand Prize to "Kinshasa Symphony" from the International Competition section, "World Music Film Today".

16.08.2010Rhode Island Int. Film Festival 2010: Grand Prize "Best Cinematography" goes to "Kinshasa Symphony" The 2010 Flickers: Rhode Island International Film Festival (RIIFF) announced the winners in this year’s film competition at its annual Awards Ceremony in downtown Providence, RI. The festival ran August 10th-15th and showcased over 200 cinematic works, including 35 World and 23 US/North American Premieres. The films were selected from a record entry base of over 4200 international submissions. www.film-festival.org

30.10.2009 The team is back in Berlin and the postproduction has started already.

16.10.2009 The second phase of filming in Kinshasa has begun.Fortunately, the rains have held off. Rehearsals, outside shots, short musician portraits and a new protagonist: a tubist with his own pharmacy.And:the cameraman still has both his shoes.

4.10.2009 sounding images GmbH has succeeded in bringing the Kinshasa Symphony project to the attention of the Rundfunk-Sinfonieorchester Berlin. The orchestra gave the filming team a crate with collected instruments for L’Orchestre Symphonique Kimbanguiste. A long-term partnership is planned between the two orchestras. An instrument maker is also to travel to Kinshasa to offer support and advice locally.

20.08.2009sounding images has succeeded in securing the patronage of the German Commission for UNESCO for the Kinshasa Symphony project. This makes us very proud.

19.08.2009 The first leg of the filming is over. With the exception of one of the cameraman’s shoes that got lost on the flight back, the team and their equipment have returned unscathed…